Habs Fire Blanks Again, As Boobird Season Begins
by Robert L on Oct 18, 2009 1:19 AM EDT
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After a string of losses, it is usually suggested that teams are finding new ways to lose.
This Canadiens team, keeps finding a way to lose the same way everytime.
Can't someone on this team put the damn puck in the net!
I'm exasperated. I've nothing but redundant things to say about this team, and I refuse to bore you.
I'll make it brief.
15 goals in 7 games - at that rate even the greatest goaltenders of all time couldn't help a Canadiens team that cannot score win games.
4 PP goals on 26 chances, 8 PK goals in 28 chances against - en autres mots, the team can't score 5 on 5, 5 on 4, 5 on 3, and as we saw against the Avs, 7 on 5. The opposition PP is twice as good as the Canadiens.
94-63 - the Canadiens margin in shots on goal over the past three games with only 5 goals to show for it.
27th overall - ahead of only Minnesota, the Islanders and the Leafs, and into the Taylor Hall sweepstakes they go.
Zilch - how far the Habs have come in the 14 seasons since they last started a year going 2-5. Yes, that was the '95-'96 campaign that saw both the departures of Demers and Roy.
There an old saying that goes, "When you're going through hell, keep going!"
That would be the only way to get out of this. The wholesale changes needed were done last summer.
And Kovalev killed us just as we all knew he would!
The boobirds are out early this season.
Do you think the Canadiens would risk putting Gainey's photo on the big screen these days?
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Amazing how snakebit they are.
This team has not played nearly badly enough to be on a five-game losing streak. They’re outplaying teams, especially 5-on-5 which was what they badly needed to improve over the last few years. They’re outshooting the other guys, sometimes badly, which is not something we’re used to. They’re showing every signs that good teams show.
Except one: the puck won’t go in.
Then they get frustrated and let up, which is a problem.
The annoying thing is that there isn’t anything specifically that they’re doing wrong. All they have to do is keep plugging at it until the pucks start going in. Cammalleri won’t take 24 shots to score every one of his goals, and the same applies to the others. Eventually, playing like this — and extending it to full games — will win them games. Lots of games.
Despite the five-game streak, there are clear signs that this team is stronger than several of those from previous years, and that this is turning into a fundamentally sound team that will win games without over-reliance on special teams. I think they’re totally headed in the right direction.
As for the boo-birds, well, I’ve felt that the Habs are some of the worst fans in hockey since last season, and this only confirms it. Unwarranted, unhelpful, and pointless. But that’s Montreal for you.
100%
I agree 100%. I saw the box score before the game and thought that they must have outplayed them and lost… I just didn’t figure the domination in the first period. I also thought the PP probably needed to stir things up with Bergeron…but on the 5-3 they had 12 blocked shots? And they wwere slamming them in there. What is the most common “cure” for the powerplay, simplify it. It was simple all right, crank it at the net.
The team looked more fluid in break outs and had better coverage in their zone. Really not a bad game…except for the score?!
The effort and work is there for the most part, but why is it we are giving up a goal a game to grinders? I know Neil isn’t a talentless fighter, but it seems every night we are giving up a goal becaue somebody gets outworked (Georges) and someone has their back to the play (Moen). That really needs to be cleaned up, it seems like 1 mistake and it is in the net.
by blockersave93 on Oct 18, 2009 10:14 AM EDT up reply actions
It would be nice to have the wins, but at least in one respect, this is a good test for the team. It tests their fortitude early in the season. In some respects, this might not be a bad thing. Better than being lulled into the idea of things being easy, like the first half of last season. They have to face the pressure, and it is their choice to persevere or wilt like last year’s team.
I am a bit disappointed in Spacek though. He does not seem to be as good as we had hoped. I still think that was the key acquisition of all the moves Gainey made. So far, it’s not worked out very well. I joked the other day about bringing Brisebois out of retirement, but now I don’t see how we would be worse off using his services for the PP.
Our “young talent” does not seem to be as talented as we thought, a couple of seasons ago.
The only thing keeping me sane is that I try not to judge a team before the 10 game mark.
We all knew that this was an experiment, and you cannot make conclusions on an experiment after the first test run. I will not make any proclomations on this season until at least the 20 game mark.
Keep the faith Robert, because the alternative is not good.
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